Andrew Pollack, whose 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, was killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, says the Broward School must ask Superintendent Robert Runcie to resign. (AP)

Andrew Pollack: Broward school board must push Runcie to resign as superintendent

The anniversary of the MSD Attack approaches. We are without closure. Parents of the 17 mourn the loss of children. Parents of the wounded struggle endlessly. We will never be whole. We put our trust in Broward County Public Schools to ensure the safety of our kids. They failed.

Their responsibility is to hold Mr. Runcie accountable. Continued support of failed performance and policies indicates that the Members of the School Board of Broward County are incompetent. They need to ask Runcie to resign.

Pollack’s 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, was killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

End Electoral College

I have signed every petition that I was able to, so we could get rid of the Electoral College, for God knows how many years. It is obvious that the best candidate does not always win. That should be a political must in order to keep our democracy, democratic.

It is time for both parties to unite so we can make our elections fair and the candidates with the most votes can win. I am asking that this be made a priority for the next election. Both parties should unite behind this effort. This goal will secure the democratic process for all Americans. In this way, we will assure that the person with the most votes will win the election.

We should never have to be subject to this unfair practice. President Donald Trump would never have been elected if there was no electoral college. It is a relic of the past.

We would not have had a shutdown and we would never have been subjected to blackmail so Trump can build a wall that the majority of people do not want. And certainly the billions of dollars that would be spent can be used for better purposes.

Forced labor for federal workers?

For many years, the United States has condemned forced labor. Suddenly, the current president can order forced labor, labor without pay, and the Republican Senate is apparently approving by doing nothing to terminate the government shutdown that President Trump so proudly owns. He did say he was proud to shut down the government and inflict misery on hundreds of thousands, already costing a bundle , slowing the economy and accelerating the date of the recession. How much longer are we going to let the country degenerate?

Andre Nys

Plantation

Both parties to blame for shutdown

I wish it was possible to impeach all of you in Washington. Enough is enough. What you are doing to the country ought to be a crime. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, let him build the wall and let’s get on with what’s important. You are both acting like school children. The people of this great country did not elect you to act like fools, which is exactly what is happening. You are asking people to work for nothing, while their families go without not knowing when they will be able to pay the rent or buy food. Shame on all of you. Now, I realize there really should be term-limits on all politicians. One last idea give — up your pay until this is over and we will see how quick this gets resolved. This is not about Democrats or Republicans, it’s about the people who elected you. I am sure it will be different next election.